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EDWARD WEISSENBORN, OF JERSEY CITY HEIGHTS, NEW JERSEY.

PACKAGE FOR PENCI LS.

I SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 228,961, dated June15, 1880.

Application filed April 26, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD WEIssEN- BORN, ofJersey City Heights, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Packages for Pencils, ofwhich the following is a specification.

Figure 1 is a view illustrating the method of forming the packages. Fig.2 is a plan view of a package containinga bundle of pencils. Fig. 3 is asectional elevation taken through the line 00 00, Fig. 2, some of thepencils being removed.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish packages for pencils,crayons, and similar articles, so constructed as to prevent the pencilsor other articles contained in the packages from rubbing-against eachother, and which will retain its shape when part or all of its contentsare taken out.

The invention consists in a package for pencils formed of a single stripof paper bent to form two layers or rows of open tubes arranged back toback; and also in the method of forming the package by bending a stripof paper under small rods and over larger rods to form two rows orlayers of open tubes, turning the one layer down upon the other layer,bringing the open tubes back to back, withdrawing the small rods, andflattening down the small loops in apress, as will be hereafter fullydescribed.

For convenience I will describe the package in connection with themethod of forming it.

A is a strip of paper of any desired or convenient width, one end ofwhich is secured in a clamp, B, of any convenient construction. From theclamp B the paper is passed down and a small rod, 0, is placed above it.The paper A is then drawn over a rod, D, of the exact shape and size ofthe encils or other article for which the package is intended. The paperA is drawn down at the other side of the rod D, and another small rod,0, is placed above it, and so on until as many rods D have been used asit is intended to have pencils or other articles in a layer, which, inthe case of pencils, is usually six, The pa- (ModeL) per Ais then passedunder a small rod, 0, placed at a distance from the last small rod 0 ofthe first layer equal to the height of the package, and is then passedover a large rod, D, and under a small rod, 6, and so on until as manyrods D have been used as it is designed to have pencils or otherarticles in the second layer. The last end of the paper A is then heldtight, the first end is released from the clamp B, and the block orframe E that holds the rods 0 D of the first layer is turned over uponthe block or frame F that holds the rods 0 D of the second layer, andthe two ends of the paper are overlapped, as shown in Fig. 3.

The paper A should be dampened before being applied to the rods 0 D, tocause it to retain its shape after the said rods 0 D have been removed.

Glue, paste, or other cement may be applied to the convex sides of thepaper A above the rods D, and to the parts of its ends that are to beoverlapped, so that the paper, when the rods 0 D are removed, willretain its place. .The rods 0 are withdrawn and the paper A and rods Dare placed in a press and put under pressure, which flattens down theloops of the paper formed around the rods 0 to a level with theuncovered sides of the rods D, as shown in Fig. 3. The rods D can now beremoved and replaced with the pencils G or other articles for which thepackage is intended.

If desired, pencils G may be used instead of the metal rods D; but Iprefer to use the metal rods D, as it avoids any danger of injuring orcrushing the pencils in the press.

With this construction a package of two layers or rows of open groovesarranged back to back is formed, which will retain its shape when someor all the pencils are removed, and into which the pencils can bereadily inserted.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patcut- 1. A package for pencils, constructed of a singlestrip of paper, A, and having two layers or rows of open tubes arrangedback to back, as set forth.

2. The method of forming the paokage,subing the small rods, andflattening down the stantially as herein shown and described, smallloops in a press, as set forth.

which consists in bendin a strip of paper under small rods and OXGI?larger rods to form EDWARD WEISSENBORN 5 two rows or layers of opentubes, turning the Witnesses:

one layer down upon the other layer, bring- JAMES T. GRAHAM, ing theopen tubes back to back, withdraw- G. SEDGWIGK.

